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Re: The Carawhale

rufos_adventure — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:26:55 GMT

if the water here were a little smoother, i'd try this. think it needs a front hatch as well, easier to anchor.

Re: The Carawhale

Jerry McIntire — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:43:31 GMT

An electric motor is (almost) always a better choice. Cleaner, quieter, always starts, not much heavier and most of the weight can be placed to keep the boat

Re: The Carawhale

nutty_boats — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:38:12 GMT

He said he added an opening in the front for that very reason. Cute idea.

Re: The Carawhale

Edward Bachmann — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:46:15 GMT

Yes, That is a really cute little boat. But I would worry about gasoline and exhaust fumes in the cabin. An electric motor would maybe be a better choice

The Carawhale

Peter — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:11:38 GMT

From Duckworks. Pretty cute. http://tinyurl.com/blgzvjr

Re: Budget build. Summer Breeze or ...?

Jerry McIntire — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:04:57 GMT

My vote is Summer Breeze. 12" longer and 4" wider, room for both of your kids or if they bring a friend. More freeboard, good. More complete instructions,

Re: Budget build. Summer Breeze or ...?

Peter Evans — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:09 GMT

part 2 primarily sailing,,, i see that now i would definately go with summer breeze Hannus boat has too much flare to be a good sailing boat. Freeboard I think

Re: Budget build. Summer Breeze or ...?

Peter Evans — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:49:42 GMT

I would go for summer breeze over Hannu's boat first reason is that it is longer, and lower, meaning faster and less windage. Also Hannu's plans are not much

Budget build. Summer Breeze or ...?

propellerhead3232 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:12:57 GMT

I've been thinking about trying out my first boat build. After scouring the web for ideas, I've narrowed my choices down to the Summer Breeze from Simplicity

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... We don't have a big spam problem in this group, but every now and then a bad message gets through. My practice in email and anywhere on the web is to never

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Re: a question about rudder angle

Nels A — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:41:59 GMT

As you probably know Phil Bolger has used end plates very successfully on several of his designs. He writes about them in his book "Boats With An Open Mind." I

Re: Superhydrophobic and oleophobic smart window stuff

Bradley Davis — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:16:03 GMT

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Superhydrophobic and oleophobic smart window stuff

graeme — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:10:26 GMT

I believe something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IPM8OR6W6WE allows moths and butterflies to fly unhampered by heavy rain. What

Re: a question about rudder angle

graeme — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:09:38 GMT

http://www.jimsboats.com/1may11.htm I was reading where Jim Michalak said he had trouble not rounding up when running DDW with a shoal low aspect rudder with